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chaospluto on 05 February 2010

Which is precisely why I don't like reviews from Big Named sites.

I play the game and give it my own feel before I let any site tell me other wise. I've liked/disliked a-many of games that a lot of people gave bad/good reviews just because it was "change"-"different"-"overrated"-"popular", etc.



  • 2010 MUST Haves: WKC, Heavy Rain, GoWIII, Fable III, Mass Effect 2, Bayonetta, Darksiders, FFXIII, Alan Wake, No More Heroes 2, Fragile Dreams: FRotM, Trinity: SoZ, BFBC2.
  • Older Need To Buys: Super Mario Bros. Wii, Mario Kart Wii, Deadspace, Demon's Souls, Uncharted 2.

There is definitely more to list that I want, but that's my main focus there.

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Twistedpixel on 05 February 2010

Don't diss the PS3, unless you're doing it for the shits and giggles pretty much. What that means is no unexpectedly low reviews, no dissing of PS3 hardware, and no dissing of Sony. Theres a rabid group of butthurt individuals who'll try to give you the same butthurt if you do.

Who would dare rate God of War 3 lower than 90%? I want to see if any of the major sites have the stones to do so. Who would dare rate Gran Turismo 5 lower than 90%? I sometimes wonder if scores are given out to appease either advertisers or fanboys. The bigger the hype gets, the more backlash potential and advertiser incentives to 'give a good score'.



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huaxiong90 on 05 February 2010
CommonMan said:
huaxiong90 said:
CommonMan said:
Meh, doesn't bother me. I have a firm rule about letting anything on the internet get me too wound up. For the record, I love both of those games almost equally, and are probably my #1 and 2 favorite games this gen (ME2 and UC2 that is). Reviewers are still people and commenters at least on IGN are INSANELY obnoxious. It's their site, they can write what they want. The article was actually well written and had some good points, they just used a flamebait title. I think it's fun to watch fanboys get their panties in a bunch, go IGN!

You really promote flamebait?

Umm. . . maybe I shouldn't promote it, but I have a lot less problem with it that a lot of people do. I don't expect NYT level journalism on the internet (except I guess on NYT.com ) Everything on the internet has an amaturish feel to it, so who cares? I mean, if I were expecting really thoughtful, well done commentary and I got flamebait, then I might be pissed. But looking at the IGN community a huge portion of it is pretty juvenile and eats this crap up. If it didn't get hits, they wouldn't do it. I think it's a worse reflection on gamers than anything, so I'm not going to jump down a websites throat for getting hits.

I understand, and I respect your opinion. I do really wish gamers wouldn't stoop to such low levels, but they're just common people, and their opinions hold little value compared to "professional" reviewers ("value" meaning how much of an impact it has on the gaming industry). For reviewers to make immature responses like this just isn't healthy for their image, if you ask me.

 

In all honesty, I just wish review scores would be dropped, and have the reviewer's words do the talking.



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Vetteman94 on 05 February 2010
Twistedpixel said:
Don't diss the PS3, unless you're doing it for the shits and giggles pretty much. What that means is no unexpectedly low reviews, no dissing of PS3 hardware, and no dissing of Sony. Theres a rabid group of butthurt individuals who'll try to give you the same butthurt if you do.

Who would dare rate God of War 3 lower than 90%? I want to see if any of the major sites have the stones to do so. Who would dare rate Gran Turismo 5 lower than 90%? I sometimes wonder if scores are given out to appease either advertisers or fanboys. The bigger the hype gets, the more backlash potential and advertiser incentives to 'give a good score'.


Yeah, damn you PS3 fanboys!!!!!   You should start behaving with a level of maturity like that of Xbox 360 and Wii fans!!!!!!!

/sarcasm



gekkokamen on 05 February 2010

Sites written by children for the children...I recently stopped visiting IGN. They're run by idiots. I'll stay away from the bigger sites, even EDGE has become a gossip-spreader, I just don't like that kind of "journalism" anymore.



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Twistedpixel on 05 February 2010
Vetteman94 said:
Twistedpixel said:
Don't diss the PS3, unless you're doing it for the shits and giggles pretty much. What that means is no unexpectedly low reviews, no dissing of PS3 hardware, and no dissing of Sony. Theres a rabid group of butthurt individuals who'll try to give you the same butthurt if you do.

Who would dare rate God of War 3 lower than 90%? I want to see if any of the major sites have the stones to do so. Who would dare rate Gran Turismo 5 lower than 90%? I sometimes wonder if scores are given out to appease either advertisers or fanboys. The bigger the hype gets, the more backlash potential and advertiser incentives to 'give a good score'.


Yeah, damn you PS3 fanboys!!!!!   You should start behaving with a level of maturity like that of Xbox 360 and Wii fans!!!!!!!

/sarcasm

I haven't seen any concerted attack on any site to the same extent, no.

Edit: To clarify, had IGN said "Uncharted 2 is better than Mass Effect 2, deal with it fanboy" it wouldn't have had nearly the same interest or negative response.



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Vetteman94 on 05 February 2010
Twistedpixel said:
Vetteman94 said:
Twistedpixel said:
Don't diss the PS3, unless you're doing it for the shits and giggles pretty much. What that means is no unexpectedly low reviews, no dissing of PS3 hardware, and no dissing of Sony. Theres a rabid group of butthurt individuals who'll try to give you the same butthurt if you do.

Who would dare rate God of War 3 lower than 90%? I want to see if any of the major sites have the stones to do so. Who would dare rate Gran Turismo 5 lower than 90%? I sometimes wonder if scores are given out to appease either advertisers or fanboys. The bigger the hype gets, the more backlash potential and advertiser incentives to 'give a good score'.


Yeah, damn you PS3 fanboys!!!!!   You should start behaving with a level of maturity like that of Xbox 360 and Wii fans!!!!!!!

/sarcasm

I haven't seen any concerted attack on any site to the same extent, no.

You are right,  what was I thinking.  Its only the PS3 fanboys that are the problem with the internet.   Thank you for opening my eyes



Twistedpixel on 05 February 2010

^ See edit.



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Vetteman94 on 05 February 2010
Twistedpixel said:
Vetteman94 said:
Twistedpixel said:
Don't diss the PS3, unless you're doing it for the shits and giggles pretty much. What that means is no unexpectedly low reviews, no dissing of PS3 hardware, and no dissing of Sony. Theres a rabid group of butthurt individuals who'll try to give you the same butthurt if you do.

Who would dare rate God of War 3 lower than 90%? I want to see if any of the major sites have the stones to do so. Who would dare rate Gran Turismo 5 lower than 90%? I sometimes wonder if scores are given out to appease either advertisers or fanboys. The bigger the hype gets, the more backlash potential and advertiser incentives to 'give a good score'.


Yeah, damn you PS3 fanboys!!!!!   You should start behaving with a level of maturity like that of Xbox 360 and Wii fans!!!!!!!

/sarcasm

I haven't seen any concerted attack on any site to the same extent, no.

Edit: To clarify, had IGN said "Uncharted 2 is better than Mass Effect 2, deal with it fanboy" it wouldn't have had nearly the same interest or negative response.


Maybe not here but It would have on IGN,   they have a higher percentage of 360 fans then PS3 fans over there.   Plus there would still be the few on this website that would have had a huge issue with it.    Plus the main issue was the "deal with it fanboy" comment.  Most people dont have an issue with you if you have a differing opinion,  they are opinions after all.  But when you insult one side for believing the opposite of your opinion, thats when it becomes a problem.



Twistedpixel on 05 February 2010
Vetteman94 said:
Twistedpixel said:
Vetteman94 said:
Twistedpixel said:
Don't diss the PS3, unless you're doing it for the shits and giggles pretty much. What that means is no unexpectedly low reviews, no dissing of PS3 hardware, and no dissing of Sony. Theres a rabid group of butthurt individuals who'll try to give you the same butthurt if you do.

Who would dare rate God of War 3 lower than 90%? I want to see if any of the major sites have the stones to do so. Who would dare rate Gran Turismo 5 lower than 90%? I sometimes wonder if scores are given out to appease either advertisers or fanboys. The bigger the hype gets, the more backlash potential and advertiser incentives to 'give a good score'.


Yeah, damn you PS3 fanboys!!!!!   You should start behaving with a level of maturity like that of Xbox 360 and Wii fans!!!!!!!

/sarcasm

I haven't seen any concerted attack on any site to the same extent, no.

Edit: To clarify, had IGN said "Uncharted 2 is better than Mass Effect 2, deal with it fanboy" it wouldn't have had nearly the same interest or negative response.


Maybe not here but It would have on IGN,   they have a higher percentage of 360 fans then PS3 fans over there.   Plus there would still be the few on this website that would have had a huge issue with it.    Plus the main issue was the "deal with it fanboy" comment.  Most people dont have an issue with you if you have a differing opinion,  they are opinions after all.  But when you insult one side for believing the opposite of your opinion, thats when it becomes a problem.

Most writers take offense if you don't read past the title. So if they find him offensive he can find them offensive and then its all even. Its not like inflamitory titles aren't par for the course around here either...



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